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Neoprene loses warmth when deep. I have used a poseidon dry suit for years but as soon as i started deep diving it was aparent that is was not a good suit for that aplication.Thick neoprene is also very bulky and it loses bouancy at depth. There certanly are some advanteges with neoprene but i think there are more advantages with a shell suit. ---------- Från: morten.frogner@no*.ab*.no* Till: ingemar.lundgren@mb*.sw*.se*; techdiver@aquanaut.com Ämne: Re: Cold water risk Datum: den 4 september 1998 10:16 I think this is good opportunity to start the shell suit vs. the neoprene suit discussion again. When diving in cold water a flooded neoprene suit gives a much better thermal protection than a flooded shell suit when you need it at the long, shallow deco stops. The problem with variable bouyancy for the neoprene suit is managabe compared to the thermal risk. Compressed neoprene suits come somewhere in between. I think 5mm is OK but 2-3mm gives to little shallow-water insulation. I also combine it with wool undergarment. Morten ---------- -- Send mail for the `techdiver' mailing list to `techdiver@aquanaut.com'. Send subscribe/unsubscribe requests to `techdiver-request@aquanaut.com'.
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